MrMister
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ORIGINAL: ThatDamnedPanda Give that parrot a laptop, and he can be one of the smartest creatures posting in this thread. I will never fail to find such an attitude as you've displayed here to be quite fascinating. When in disagreement, always personally attack those you are in disagreement with. No one seems to think it is of any relevance to delve any deeper in to proving anyone's statements or beliefs to be false. I'd much rather be shown where I'm in error as opposed to being belittled or insulted. I'm pretty sure this works equally well for many others here too. I wasn't thinking of your posts. You've made some good, reasonable, lucid arguments; and while I disagree with most of those that I've read, and remain unconvinced by others, i respect them. Others in this thread... well, not so much. You say people don't bother making any effort to prove other people's statements to be false, but that could not be further from the truth - many of the statements that are being made in this thread have been proven false, repeatedly, and those proofs are not only completely ignored but ridiculed. And the people offering those proofs have been personally insulted. Have you really missed that? If someone argues that the Earth is flat, and refuses to accept any evidence to the contrary, I have no qualms about telling them that their argument is foolish, and suggesting that there may be something seriously flawed in their own thought process. If someone argues that the sun orbits around the Earth, and refuses to listen to any argument that disproves that, then again - i won't hesitate to tell them it's a foolish position and suggest that there's something wrong with the way they think. As far as I'm concerned, many of the arguments in this thread fall into the exact same category. And as long as the people making those idiotic arguments seem to feel free in ridiculing the intelligence and the credibility of anyone who doesn't agree with them, I see absolutely no reason to refrain from pointing out the complete idiocy of their position in equally direct terms. To use your own analogy, people once believed the earth was flat, and/or the sun revolved around the earth, or that fight was mere science fiction, or etc, etc. Whenever contrary ideas/theories were first proposed, the folks submitting them were ridiculed and thought to be mad. Even hearing from others much like what you are saying, that it is known fact the earth is flat, etc. Their experience must have been much like the folks who are currently telling us there is something afoul with the "official story" of 9/11 (or whatever else that is currently being disputed by others only to subsequently find that these theories or concepts have become generally accepted fact - only time will tell about this particular theory being discussed). Yes, I at first (for many years actually) had much difficulty accepting these stories and was rather quick to dismiss them as absolute nonsense, that is until I actually began to look into it for myself. Sure there are things being proposed that are unadulterated nonsense or sheer speculation, but there certainly is more than enough evidence being presented or questions being raised that are indeed quite pertinent and indicate the "official story" accepted by the masses is more than likely very misleading and/or untrue. But we must be careful not to base our judgment solely on one or two things, the evidence must be looked at in its entirety.
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